Ciruit Bending Related: Reed Ghazala - the man who started it all! http://www.anti-theory.com/soundart/circuitbend/ John Hollis - some nice tech tips and instruments, and one of my all time favorite instrument names, a circuit bent Kawasaki DSI Keyboard called "The Ill Tempered Klavier". In case you didn't know, J.S. Bach composed a set of keyboard pieces called "The Well Tempered Klavier", and if you've ever bent a DSI keyboard, "Ill Tempered" fits. Mine is very angry. http://www.hollis.co.uk/john/bent/ Dave Wright's "Not Breathing/Carrionsound" site. Dave is masterful; very knowledgable and creative. Lots of great bent instruments and info, and lot's of other electronic creations. A must bookmark! http://www.notbreathing.com/ Cementimental - A huge site featuring circuit/video/data bending, music, videos, and a ridiculous links page (ridiculous in a great way - tons and tons of useful links) http://www.cementimental.com F7 Sound and Vision - Michael Oster's site, His amazing 24 minute circuit bent Casio MT-240 sample got me started on this awesome bending target. Great site! http://www.f7sound.com http://www.f7sound.com/circuitbend.htm Circuit Benders - Excellent site from the UK with a wide variety of bent instruments and audio samples. They sell bent instruments, or bend instruments you send to them. I visit often. http://www.circuitbenders.co.uk/ Jorge Davies - Beautiful site, and a personal friend. Check out his circuit bending gallery! http://www.jwdavies.com/index.htm J.Smiley - nice gallery! (Let's hear samples to go with pics!). http://www.submarinerecords.com/smiley/ Kaseo - Japanese circuit bender extraordinaire!  I believe he's fairly new to bending. Some unique Japanese bent stuff we just don't see here in the U.S. http://homepage.mac.com/kaseo/circuit_bending/ Daniel Park - Daniel is a WILDMAN! I know, because we are both members of the "Circuit Bending Orchestra". Daniel builds some really cool instruments, and he has created some very unusual interfaces. http://www.daniel-park.net Waterhed - a busy guy; he's built hundreds of instruments. He's responsible for getting me interesting in bending toy guitars. http://bentstruments.com/ Alien-Devices - Lots of kool instruments and helpful info. Great site! http://www.alien-devices.com/ Machinenoise.com - home of Burnkit 2600 http://burnkit2600.machinenoise.com/, some nice instruments and a couple of nice guys! http://www.machinenoise.com/ Sailormouth - awesome, extensive gallery buy a guy who knows his sh#t. He's been very helpful to me as well. Some great schematics, too. http://www.sailormouth.org/ techdweeb.com - I just met this gentleman Oct. 22, 2005 at this gig http://www.cannedbeefrecords.com/bendthis/ we did together. Nice guy! His stuff is beautifully made, fun to look at and listen to. Very Informative site. http://techdweeb.com/ tonymason.com - not so much a bending site, but lots of info on Casio, and some Yamaha keyboards. http://www.tonymason.com Mystery Circuits - Mike Walters' site. Super nice guy, awesome, imaginative gear. Circuit bending and instrument design. Check it out! http://www.mysterycircuits.com/ Baragon - check out the instrument gallery. Really beautiful stuff! I'm dying to hear some audio samples, though (hint, hint) http://www.baragon.8m.com MikMo - nice gallery, some really interesting and unusual stuff. http://www.mikmo.dk Warranty Void - sick site! Incredible amount of detailed technical info on toys and keyboards. This guy is obssessed, to the benefit of all of us. Bookmark it now. http://users.informatik.haw-hamburg.de/~windle_c/TableHooters/index.html Dingis Khan - geocities site with some good samples. http://www.geocities.com/dingiskhan/main.html Dr. Rek - My good friend and bandmate (Zef Renirhs) Derek Sajbel's site. He's making a circuit bending documentary. You can see clips, see his Bentstrument Gallery, and hear his music. The coolest! http://absurdity.biz/ dc-animal - a relatively new bender, doing really nice work! http://www.geocities.com/bbqbaconcheeseburger/ Platonic World - check out the Speaks on the circuit bending page! http://platonicworld.com/ Anode Records - Bent drum machines, etc. http://www.anoderecords.com/machines/Machines.html Sounds of Underwing - Check out the gallery. http://www.soundsofunderwing.com/docs/home.php Necrosensual - not sure the gallery is working, but there's a good "basics" section for circuit bending to help newbies get started, and a good links page. http://www.necrosensual.com/ Johannesson - Danish bender! Very cool site. Very nice gallery with excellent audio samples. http://www.johannesson.dk/bending_eng.htm NO.FREQ - French bender. Has a gallery with samples. http://no.freq.free.fr/ UpliNK - no audio samples, but kool gallery check out the gallery. Good stuff! http://www.lucidmultimedia.com/uplink/bender.html Bender - interesting gallery; I don't know what some of the stuff started out as, but it all looks kool...no audio clips. http://cyclene.com/BENDER/Bender.html Oh my God! They're teaching this stuff to KIDS!? http://www.mit.edu/~sdh/invention_studio/04-03/photos.html Ktronik - Speak specialist; check out the gallery - really kool re-housed Speaks. http://ktronik.com/index.html Rubber Monkey Puppet Company - monthly circuit bending workshops in Chicago! http://www.rubbermonkey.org/index.htm Allerian - Good, good stuff! http://www.allerian.com/ khate - she's a top-notch bender! Fine, fine gallery! http://www.khate.org/ Electri-fire - nice bent stuff with great how-it-was-done info. http://www.freewebs.com/electri-fire/ Kevin Rees' bending site - Tons, and tons, and tons of bent devices with audio! Freakin' ridiculous! http://www.circuit-bent.net/ oscillateur - another French bender...has FAQ, gallery, schematics. http://www.oscillateur.com/ Tim Kaiser - amazing stuff. http://www.timkaiser.org/# Casperelectronics - Pete Edwards is a totally dedicated master instrument builder. We last spoke at length in the basement of the Tank in NYC during Bent 2005, where he had been building an instrument  for a client (see photo of Pete with Rahzel's DJ http://www.casperelectronics.com/about.php).  Awesome site. http://www.casperelectronics.com/ getlofi - Circuit Bending and Synth building blog for beginners and pros alike. Featuring Circuit Bending resources that include: Tips, images, audio, and video. The lowdown on new instruments, Glitch art, Minimalist ideas, electronic music, etc. http://www.getlofi.com/ Bent Pedals - specializing in bending small foot pedals, but other kool stuff, too! http://www.bentpedals.com/ Squelchbox - Exciting stuff! http://www.geocities.com/sean_shameless/ Herscheltronics - Patrick Bobilin's site. I met Patrick at Bent 2005. He was locked in the basement of The Tank (where the event was held) with all his devices. He was allowed out only for feeding. Check out his awesome website: http://www.herscheltronics.com Ruin Projects - interesting stuff. Check it out! http://ruinprojects.jomdom.net/projects.php Goosey Gangles - nice gallery (some instruments need to be identified by name and/or model #) http://artinsound.net/gooseygangles/ Electronic Components, Supplies & Surplus: All Electronics - One of the best. repairfaq.org - A list of surplus stores around the US. Jameco Electronics - Well-known supplier in the bending community. Mouser Electronics - Daunting selection of components. Digi-Key - Electronic components. Electronic Surplus Inc. - Electronics surplus. Parts Express - A personal favorite. Electronic Goldmine - Another personal favorite. Futurlec - Yet another personal favorite. Ocean State Electronics - ...and another. Artist/Festival/Event links: Pas d'ASL - Dance, Sign Language and Poetry combined. Rudy Perez - Postmodern Dance pioneer. The Highland Park Thursday Evening Gentlemen's Society Circuit Bending And Ladies Auxiliary - Our Circuit Bending Marching Band! Andy Ben - Actor, musician, artist, friend, bandmate, geek, freek, weirdo, and all-around good guy Bent 2005 - The 2nd annual Circuit Bending Festival in New York City. "Circuit Bending Orchestra" - The first of its kind! HOWL Festival in New York City. NOW Festival - REDCAT Theater in the Walt Disney Concert Hall complex in downtown Los Angeles.